After years of drought worsened by upstream dams and climate change, winter rains have returned water to 85% of Iraq's Huwaizah Marshes — millennia-old Mesopotamian wetlands fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Fish, buffaloes, and migratory birds are back, and Iraq's Water Ministry reports the Tigris reservoirs are nearly full.
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Langersehnter Regen überflutet Iraks antike Huwaizah-Sümpfe

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Nach Jahren der Dürre, verschlimmert durch Staudämme und den Klimawandel, haben Winterregen das Wasser in 85 % der jahrtausendealten mesopotamischen Huwaizah-Marschen im Südirak zurückgebracht. Fische, Wasserbüffel und Zugvögel sind zurück, und die Tigris-Stauseen sind fast voll.

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